Sijlphanilyl carbamic acro deriva-



Patented Mar. 13, 1945 SULPHANILYL GARBAMIC ACID D-ERIVA- TIVES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE.

Henry Martin, Rudolf Hirt, and Aifri fsftau Basel, Switzerland, assignorsto thfc fii'n'i'of J R.

Geigy Gt. Basel, Switzerland lilo jiraw'ingl Application December ZiI, 1940,, Se;-

r'ial No. 371,056. In Switzerland December 23,

; It has been found that valuable sulphonamide derivatives are obtained, by causing salts of sulphonamides" of the benzene series, which contain in the p-position a nitrogen-containing group or a substituent replaceable by such a group to react with carbonic acid derivatives ape ofr e i n-w H Carbonic acid derivatives of p-aminobenzenesulphonamides, for example p sulphonamides phenyl-isocyanates and their condensation products with aliphatic, araliphatiqaromatic, hydro-" aromatic, or heterocyclic compounds with reactive hydrogen have already been described. They differ from the above defined compoundsin that the radical of the carbonic acid or of the carbonic acid derivative is bound to the amine. group, for example of the. p-amin'obenzene-sulphonamide, while in the new compounds the radical of the carbonic acid derivative is bound to the sulphonamide group. H l

As reactive carbonic acid derivatives, which are used in condensation, there are particularly suitable the halides or esters, amides, or anhydrides of the carbonic acid, for example carbonyl chloride, aliphatic, araliphatic and are matic c arba'inie acid chlorides, l and also aliphatic, araliphatic and aromatic chloro carbohic acid esters. The claimed condensation products can also be produced by the addition "of aliphatic,

araliphaticor aromatic isocyanic acid. derivativ'es to salts of s'ulphonaniides.

As the latter components there maybe men tioned for example the sans dr'p acetyiammobenzene sulphonamide, p b'enzylaininobenz'ene sulphonamide, azobenzene sulphonamide, p-nitrobenzene sulphonamide", and p chloroor bromobenzene sulphonamide. v e

' for the manufacture A further modified process .of these benzene sulphonamide carbonic acid dcrivatives,'substitutdfin the p-position by 9, nitrogen-containingi consists in causing a benzene suirofuc a d halide having a nitrogencontaining group or a substituent replaceable by such a group in the p-position, to react with a reactive carbamic acid derivative. The claimed new sulphonamide derivatives are remarkably suitable for therapeutical purposes.

The following examples illustrate the present invention. The parts are by weight except where otherwise indicated.

Example 1 135 parts of dry, finely divided sodium p-nitrobenzene-sulphonamide are suspended in 300 parts by volume of nitrobenzene and, while stirring,

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25 parts of ethylisocyanic acid ester are added thereto. The reaction mixture is kept at Bil-60C. for hours, is then treated with water, is made neutral to phenolp'hthalein, but alkaline to litmus, with acetic acid, and filtered. The aqueous solution is separa ed, ntered out and acidified. The precipitated condensation product is washed with water a d recrystallised from alcohol;

Melting point -1-76 G.

v By reduction th "hydrogen "and a nickel cata ly'st N '(p ani oben zene'sulphone)-N'-'monoeth# urea is obtained of the following constitution melting point 160f G. In the same manner there can be obtained -N-(p' aminob'enzene sulphone) N'-monoethy-l urea (melting point'173 C.) "or N-(p-'aminobenzenesulphone).-monoisoamyl urea (melting point 1-50-15? C.)

By using benzylisocyanic acid ester instead 50f ethylisocyanic acid ester the analogous benzylated. urea is obtained in exactly the same manner. 7

Instead of sodium p-nitrobenzene sulphonamide, sodium p-acetylaminobenzene sulphonamide may be used. In this case the correspondmg N- (pacetylarfiinobenzene=sulphone) urea is formed.- By hydrolysis the 'acetyl group can be easily removed.

Example 2 Into 44mm of melted p-nitrobenzehcsulphochloride, 15 parts of urea are introduced gradually at 100420" C. The reaction is completed by heating to 0. By re-'crystallising the solidified melt fromv water p nitrobenzenesulphoneurea is obtained as white crystals which, without being previously melted carbonise at 190 C.

By reduction according 'to Bchamp with iron the amine is'obtained as a product, -easily soluble mwateranaeacane of being re cri'rstalli's'ed from alcohol. It sublimates at 320 C. without melting. The hydro-chloride is insoluble in alcohol but on the contrary can be recrystallised from water. The base possesses the following constitution Example 3 22.4 parts of sodium p-nitrobenzene sulphoneamide are suspended in parts by volume of absolute alcohol and 15 parts of chloro-carbonic acid ethyl ester are added thereto. The temperature rises slowly to 40 C. It is heated for 1 hour on the water-bath by reflux, whereby common salt separates as a fine powder. After removing the separated portion the filtrate is evaporated in vacuo,,.the residue is triturated with bicarbonate solution and filtered by suction. From the filtrate the new nitro body is separated, by acidifying with acetic acid, as a voluminous mass, filtered off and Washed with water. It is easily soluble in bicarbonate.

By the action of urethane on p-nitrobenzene sulphonic acid chloride the same product is obtained- By catalytic reduction with Raney nickel p-aminobenzene-sulphonurethane' is obtained, melting point 133 C. (decomposition). Instead of chloro-carbonic acid ethyl ester there may be used chloro-carbonic acid methyl-, -n-propyl-, --isopropyl-, -n-butyl-, -isobutylester, but also the chloro-carbonic acid benzyl-, -p-methoxybenzyl'-, -3.:4-dimethoxybenzylor -phenyl ester, the --ptolyl ester, -m-methoxyor -ethoxyphenyl ester. i

Example 4 243 parts of potassium p-nitrobenzene sulphonamide are suspended in 75 parts by volume of dry nitrobenzeneand treated, while stirring, with 13.5 parts of diethyl-carbamic acid chloride. The mixture is now maintained for 2 hours at l40150- C., whereby the suspension is converted into an almost homogenous liquid. After cooling, this is stirred into 200 parts by volume of bicarbonate solution and the resulting precipitate of p-nitrobenzene sulphonamide is filtered with suction. The aqueous layer is separated from the nitrobenzene, washed with ether and acidified. The condensation product thus separates as a resin which 'soon solidifies. By catalytic hydrogenation with Raney nickel) N- (p-aminobenzenes'ulphone)'-N'-diethyl urea of melting point of 170 C." (decomposition) is obtained.

Instead of diethylcarbamic acid chloride, dimethyl-, methylphenyl-, or methylbenzyl-carbamic acid chloride can also be used.

Example 5 22.4 parts of sodium p-nitrobenzenesulphonamide or equivalent parts of the potassium compound are suspended in 150 parts by volume 01 dry nitrobenzene and 16.4 parts of p-nitrophenylisocyanic acid ester are added thereto. The whole is heated for some hours up to 90-95" C..and then worked up, as described in Example 1.-

By catalytic hydrogenation (nickel catalyst) N -(p-aminobenzenesulphone) N (p-aminophenyll-urea is obtained, melting point 250 C. (decomposition), of the following constitution Instead of p-nitrophenyl-isocyanate, m-nitrophenyl-isocyanate may also be used. After the reduction has been completed there is then obtained the N-(p-amino-benzenesulphone)-N- (m-aminophenyD-urea, melting point 174 C. 5 (decomposition).

What we claim is:

1. A process for the manufacture of condensation products. comprising reacting a benzenesulphonamide salt of the following general formula with a member of the group consisting of the alkyl, aralkyl and aryl esters of halogeno-carbonic acid, and reducing the nitro group to the amino group.

2. A process for th manufacture of condensation products, comprising reacting a benzenesulphonamide salt of the following general formula I v H Name with a member of the group consisting of the alkyl, aralkyl and aryl esters of halogeno-carbonic acid, and reducing the nitrogroup to the amino group.-

3. Condensation products of the sulphonamide class of the following general'formula metal HaN SO1-NH.C 0.0K

HMO-601N110 o 0.81kY] being colorless compound therapeutical properties.

5. Condensation product of the sulphonamide class of the following formula 1 HiN-O-SO:.NH.COOCH1 being a colorless compound of therapeutical properties. i

6. Condensation product of the sulphonamide class of the following formula ENG-amps. c o 0 can being a colorless compound of therapeutical properties.

, HENRY MARTIN. RUDOLF HIRT. Y ALFRED STAUB.

, CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,571,178. March 1 19L HENRY I'LARTI-N, ET AL.

J It is hereb; certified that error appears in the printed specification' of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2, first column, line 5 2, for "homogenous" read "homogeneous"; and second column, line 21;, claim 2, for that portion of the formnla reading N- read O2N- and that the said Letters Patent should be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the'Patent Office. a

Signed and sealed this 26th day of June, A. D. 1915.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

